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Chapter 11 Science light unit (9th grade)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An incandescent light bulb produces light when electrong flow through the...

a)

air

b)

glass

c)

failament

d)

vacuum

2.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding neon lights?

a)

Light is emitted as electrons move through a gas in a tube

b)

All neon lights are colored by the color of tubing

c)

Neon lights may contain other gases, such as helium or krypton

d)

Each kind of gas produces its own distinctive color

3.

Many streets and parking lots are illuminated with...

a)

laser lights

b)

tungsten-halogen lights

c)

sodium-vapor lights

d)

flurorescent lights

4.

light whose waves all the same wavelength, direction, and coincident peaks is called...

a)

coherent light

b)

incandescent light

c)

fluorescent light

d)

neon light

5.

what an object is made of and the color of light that strikes it determine the..

a)

apparent color of the object

b)

opacity of the object

c)

transparency of the object

d)

translucence of the object

6.

Polarized sunglasses work by...

a)

allowing only the waves vibrating in one direction can pass through

b)

gradually refracting light as it passes through the lense

c)

bending light as it passes from air into the lenses

d)

reflecting most of the light that strikes the sunglasses

7.

Which kind of light is used to carry information through optical fibers?

a)

incandescent

b)

fluorescent

c)

sodium-vapor light

d)

laser

8.

When the scanner reads a barcode it...

a)

filters the reflected light

b)

combines to make an interference pattern

c)

must be at the critical angle

d)

measures the intensity of the reflected light

9.

A hologram is produced by...

a)

combining thousands of mirrors

b)

projecting an image onto a screen

c)

using a laser beam split into 2 parts

d)

sending lasers through water

10.

Choose a Vocabulary word for this sentence: A material that transmits light without scattering. Objects clearly visible through it...

a)

transparent

b)

translucent

c)

pigment

d)

filter

11.

Choose a Vocabulary word for this sentence: Image of a distant produced by the refraction of light through air layers...

a)

mirage

b)

pigment

c)

index of refraction

d)

oqaque

12.

Choose a Vocabulary word for this sentence: property of material indicating how much the speed of light is reduced

a)

coherent light

b)

pigment

c)

index of refraction

d)

fluorescent light

13.

Choose a Vocabulary word for this sentence: Light produced by heating a piece of metal...

a)

translucent

b)

incandescent light

c)

fluorescent light

d)

coherent light

14.

Translucent material:

a)

scatters some light

b)

transmits all light

c)

absorbs all light

d)

reflects all light

15.

In order of increasing (lowest to highest) light-transmitting capabilities of materials, which is the correct sequence?

a)

Transparent > opaque > translucent

b)

opaque > transparent > translucent

c)

opaque > translucent > transparent

d)

Translucent > transparent > opaque

16.

Which of the following occurs as light wave bends when it passes from one medium into another?

a)

constrictive interference

b)

refraction

c)

destructive interference

d)

reflection

17.

A prism shows that white sunlight is made up of...

a)

the full electromagnetic spectrum

b)

only blue light

c)

all the colors of the visible light spectrum

d)

only the longest wavelengths

18.

The primary colors of light are:

a)

green, blue and black

b)

cyan, magenta and yellow

c)

red, yellow and blue

d)

blue, green and red

19.

The primary colors of pigments:

a)

are cyan, yellow, and magenta

b)

are the same as the secondary colors of light

c)

combine in equal amounts to produce black

d)

all of the above

20.

combining equal amounts of the three primary pigments produces the color:

(a)